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Letters PatentpNo. 76,7%,A lated April 14, 1868.

IMPROVED COACH-PAD,

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F.' HOOPER, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have made certain Improvements in Coach-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description ofthe same, reference being had herein to the drawings accompanying this specification as part of the same. A

The nature of my improvement consists in forming theaps or sides ofthe pad of' thin sl the edges turned downwards; also, in having a body-piece o'f' Inetal to which the flaps-or Near. each end of the body-piece are peculiarl proper place and position. In the drawings---` l Figure 1 shows the pad with one Hap o1'. side fast to the body-piece, with the terret in its place.

Figure 2 is the Hap or side, upside down, to show the ianges between which the common felt-covered pieces of Wood are held.

Figure 3 is the terret.

The edges a of the thin sheet-metal il the wood sufficient to protect it from wear. v

Through the Hap orsidepieces bare the slots c, lengthwise ofthe flap,

ap or side-piece bein` 'turned down, cover the felt on the edges of' A.vl1ich,wl1en the flaps or side-pieces are fast to the body-pieces?, are directly over the sunken part e on the ends of the body-piece.

The'terretf has screwed upon its lower end the nutg, the top of which-is formed as ath. The bar 7L being inserted in through the slot c into the space between the side-piece b andthe body-piece1 c2, and turned partly round7 the bar is brought transversely in the space, its ends being stopped by the parts z', the terret is thereby held in its proper position.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is

-The metal sides 6, and body-piece d, constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

BENJ. F. HooPER. Witnesses W. M. Geminis,- W. G. TINGLEY.

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